Grain-car door.



No. 863.494. BATENTED AUG.13, 1907.

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GRAIN GAR DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED. MAY ZB, 1906.

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DANIEL S. BAILEY, OF RANTOUL, ILLINOIS.

GRAIN-CAR DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed May 26,1906. Serial No. 318,913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL S. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rantoul, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Car Doors, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to grain car doors, and its primary object is toprovide a novel and highly useful device of this character which isprovided with a gate de signed to be opened to permit a. quantity of thegrain to be withdrawn to release the pressure against the door, afterwhich the door may be easily removed.

A further object of the invention is to providea device of the characterstated which is simple and durable, and which may be manufactured andsold at a coinparatively low cost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a grain car door constructed inaccordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 2 designates a graincar door, the panels of which are se cured together by inner cleats 4and outer cleats 5. A portion of one of the panels of the door isremoved to provide an elongated opening which extends longitudinally ofthe door, and which is located between the outer cleats 5. This openingis located at a point adjacent the lower end of the door and is designedto permit a quantity of the grain to be removed to release the pressureagainst the door so as to permit the door to be readily removed, afterwhich the remaining contents of the car may be removed. The opening isclosed by an outwardly swinging gate 6, which may be constructed of thatportion of the panel removed to provide the open ing. The gate has oneof its ends secured to the door by a hinge 7, that leaf of the hingewhich is secured to the door being located between one of the panels andone of the outer cleats 5 to prevent any pressure upon the gate fromdisengaging the same from the door. The gate 6 is secured in closedposition by a bar 8, which is hingedly secured to the other cleat 5 by ahinge 9 to be I swung into and out of engagement with the free end ofthe gate 6. The bar 8 has its free end provided with an opening 10,through which projects a keeper 11 secured to the outer surface of thegate 6. A hasp 12 is secured to the outer surface of the bar 8 and isadapted to be swung over the keeper 11, after which a pin 13 is passedthrough the keeper 11 in advance of the hasp 12 to lock the bar 8 inposition to retain the gate 6 closed, said pin being secured to the door2 by means of a chain 14.

When it is desired to remove the door, the bar 8 is swung clear of thegate 6, after which the gate is opened to permit a quantity of the grainto be withdrawn, thus relieving the pressure against the door, afterwhich the door may be easily opened.

A cleat 6 is secured to the inner surface of the door to limit theinward movement of the gate and thus prevent the hinge 7 from beingbroken.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and mode of operation of theinvention will be understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

A grain car door having cleats on its outer side and a pressurerelieving opening between said cleats, a relief gate fitted to close insaid opening and lie in the plane of the door, hinges connecting one endof the relief gate of the door hearing on the outer side of the latterand extending between the door and one of the cleats, a bar hinged tothe other cleat of the door at the end furthest from the hinged end ofthe gate and disposed to bear partly on the outer side of the door andpartly on the outer side of the gate. said bar having an opening and ahinged hasp to cover such opening, said gate having a keeper to passthrough the opening in the door and also through the hasp, and a pin forinsertion in said keeper and to bear on the outer side of the hasp,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL S. BAILEY.

Witnesses Gno. Woon, WINNIE MILLER.

